Federal Court — FL
Middle District of Florida
Aggregate docket intelligence for the Middle District of Florida compiled from verified federal court records. Judge caseload counts, criminal docket fractions, and sentencing departure rates — never a prediction about a specific defendant.
Source: CourtListener × FJC IDB × USSC FY14-23 — generated May 5, 2026
District Aggregate
Total Dockets
282,672
indexed in corpus
Judges Indexed
63
with docket data
Avg Criminal Fraction
10.8%
across district judges
Booker Inflection
—
mean downward departure
Criminal fraction = criminal dockets ÷ total dockets per judge, averaged across the district. Booker inflection = mean downward-departure rate for judges in this district per USSC FY14-23. Aggregate frequencies only — not a prediction about any specific case.
Top Judges by Docket Volume
Judges ranked by total indexed docket count. Criminal fraction reflects the share of their docket classified as criminal (vs. civil).
| Judge | Total Dockets | Criminal Dockets | Criminal Fraction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Conway | 20,240 | 2,805 | 13.9% |
| Steven Merryday | 15,486 | 2,744 | 17.7% |
| William Hodges | 15,438 | 5,547 | 35.9% |
| Elizabeth Kovachevich | 14,559 | 3,164 | 21.7% |
| James Moody | 10,502 | 615 | 5.9% |
| George Sharp | 10,442 | 2,786 | 26.7% |
| Timothy Corrigan | 10,255 | 1,671 | 16.3% |
| John Steele | 10,086 | 2,036 | 20.2% |
| Marcia Howard | 9,800 | 1,308 | 13.4% |
| Susan Bucklew | 9,724 | 1,913 | 19.7% |
Source: CourtListener × FJC IDB via mv_judge_docket_caseload. Counts reflect dockets indexed as of corpus build date.
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This is legal information, not legal advice. Aggregate data from verified public court records. Nothing here predicts a specific outcome.